"We established fire fighting lines in case the line ignited, and we evacuated some occupancies," said Woolery, who could not say how many mall stores were closed. "We also had the school across the street shelter in place where we kept the students inside."

The leak was stopped and the evacuation was cleared at about 10:30 a.m.

Officials first reported the gas main's size as 4 inches in size but later corrected the figure.